La Canourgue is a french bistro restaurant in Écusson, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It serves seven days a week, a rarity in this city of Sunday closures; the courtyard tables go first in summer.
Address: Place de la Canourgue, 34000 Montpellier
Le Paresseur cooks grandmother recipes with Italian flair and Sétois heritage under vaulted stone on Rue Jules Latreilhe in central Montpellier.
Signature: Gnocchis à la betterave
Tip: One of the few good Écusson kitchens serving Sunday and Monday nights; the vaulted cellar room downstairs suits winter, the terrace summer.
Tôt ou Tard fills a plane-tree square in Montpellier's Écusson, bistronomic plates, tapas and organic Languedoc wines poured until around midnight.
Tip: The terrace on Place de la Chapelle Neuve is one of the old town's loveliest; it stays open through August.
Chez Boris grills Fleur d'Aubrac beef on the Esplanade in Montpellier, tartares cut to order and an onglet à l'échalote that anchors the whole card.
Signature: Onglet à l'échalote, Parmentier de joue de bœuf à l'aligot
Tip: Open seven days facing the Esplanade; the 18 euro parmentier of beef cheek with aligot is the sleeper order.
Faune feeds Montpellier's MO.CO. contemporary art museum on Rue de la République, seasonal plates and Sunday brunch in the collector's-house garden.
Tip: The Sunday brunch seats in the museum garden are the draw; on weekdays it runs straight through to midnight.
La Maison d'Anna is a family trattoria on Rue des Trésoriers de France in Montpellier, orecchiette and slow ragù cooked from recipes della nonna.
Tip: The dining room is tiny and the pasta is made in small batches, so book or arrive when the doors open.
Le Paresseur cooks grandmother recipes with Italian flair and Sétois heritage under vaulted stone on Rue Jules Latreilhe in central Montpellier.
Signature: Gnocchis à la betterave
Tip: One of the few good Écusson kitchens serving Sunday and Monday nights; the vaulted cellar room downstairs suits winter, the terrace summer.
Tôt ou Tard fills a plane-tree square in Montpellier's Écusson, bistronomic plates, tapas and organic Languedoc wines poured until around midnight.
Tip: The terrace on Place de la Chapelle Neuve is one of the old town's loveliest; it stays open through August.
Soulenq turns a former plant nursery in Montpellier's Euromédecine quarter into a wood-fired bistro and 400-reference wine cave with a big terrace.
Tip: Buy any bottle from the cave and drink it at the table for 10 euros corkage; the name is Occitan for the harvest-end meal.
Chez Boris grills Fleur d'Aubrac beef on the Esplanade in Montpellier, tartares cut to order and an onglet à l'échalote that anchors the whole card.
Signature: Onglet à l'échalote, Parmentier de joue de bœuf à l'aligot
Tip: Open seven days facing the Esplanade; the 18 euro parmentier of beef cheek with aligot is the sleeper order.
Faune feeds Montpellier's MO.CO. contemporary art museum on Rue de la République, seasonal plates and Sunday brunch in the collector's-house garden.
Tip: The Sunday brunch seats in the museum garden are the draw; on weekdays it runs straight through to midnight.
La Maison d'Anna is a family trattoria on Rue des Trésoriers de France in Montpellier, orecchiette and slow ragù cooked from recipes della nonna.
Tip: The dining room is tiny and the pasta is made in small batches, so book or arrive when the doors open.
